Sep 15, 2021 / 03:30PM GMT
Samad Saleem Samana - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity Analyst
Hi. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us. With us for this session, I'm excited to say that we have Executive Chairman of HubSpot Brian Halligan; and new CEO, Yamini Rangan. Brian and Yamini, thank you both for joining us today. We're really excited to dig into the HubSpot story with you.
Brian Halligan - HubSpot, Inc. - Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Thanks for having us.
Yamini Rangan - HubSpot, Inc. - CEO, President, Chief Customer Officer & Director
Thank you for having us, Samad.
Questions and Answers:
Samad Saleem Samana - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity AnalystSo Brian, I want to kick off with the big news, which is not new news anymore, but it's still the big news about the transition, and I know you discussed the reasoning on the decision on the 2Q call. So I'd like to ask the question in a slightly different way. Why did you feel this was the right